Weekend reads, ICYM them:
1) Stephen Wolfram expounds on teaching "computational thinking":
2) A quick, fun essay on teaching math:
3) Monte Carlo methods and computer game-playing:
4) New, free online issue of European Mathematical Society newsletter (including an interview with Andrew Wiles):
5) For the philosophically-and-math-foundations-inclined, this discussion from Mark Chu-Carroll on some "Cantor crackpottery":
6) John Baez on the "Struggles With the Continuum":
https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2016/09/08/struggles-with-the-continuum-part-1/
https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/struggles-with-the-continuum-part-2/
https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/struggles-with-the-continuum-part-2/
...and, ICYMI, Baez is now on Twitter here: @JohnCarlosBaez
7) For a couple of fun-reads:
a. There's always Ben Orlin:
b. and this on "Janitor Math":
http://mathscinotes.com/2016/09/janitor-math/
8) Today, at Math-Frolic, I'm looking at inference and language:
https://math-frolic.blogspot.com/2016/09/given-these-premisesinference.html
8) Today, at Math-Frolic, I'm looking at inference and language:
https://math-frolic.blogspot.com/2016/09/given-these-premisesinference.html
9) p.s...: there's a rabid rumor going around that Mathbabe Cathy O'Neil has a new book out (something about mathematics intruding in our lives).... ;-)
Potpourri BONUS! (extra NON-mathematical links of interest):
1) This "DNA Journey" video went semi-viral this week, but if you missed it, worth watching to the end:
2) This week's "On Being" episode on NPR with Krista Tippett is a great interview with Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales:
http://www.onbeing.org/program/jimmy-wales-the-sum-of-all-human-knowledge/8916
http://www.onbeing.org/program/jimmy-wales-the-sum-of-all-human-knowledge/8916
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